[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

It's not about whether you have an expensive TV or not.

It's about whether there's enough money to care for the elderly and not to ration operations. It's about whether there's enough places at schools and colleges. It's about whether public transport is available to allow people who can't drive the chance to find work further afield. It's about the chance to re-train people in new roles as mechanisation takes over in factories and in delivery and transport jobs.

If someone is well off, they can buy all those things privately, send their children to public schools, pay for their university fees, etc. So the country being poorer is less of an issue. Maybe one less ski trip a year if they really have to cut back.

Most people in the UK, however hard they work, aren't in this situation. That's why the wealth of the country is important.

One wonders how we got by before the EU......and the rest of the world gets by.